What the hell??!? (blah, blah of a wannabe alien)
Google Christmas Present
I received my first Christmas card this year… and it was from Google. It’s a digital photo frame… pretty cool if you ask me.
Comes with a mini USB cable, power cord, batteries, and an international power adapter. The international power adapter will really come in handy for some other stuff. 
According to the instructions, it’s a 960×240 screen and supports JPG images, MP3, WMA or WAV audio files and AVI movies. It also has a SD card reader for extra memory.
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about 5 years ago
Cool, I guess it’s pretty neat to be a friend of google.
Anyhow, I wonder if Bill Gates is being sent one.
about 5 years ago
Bit early? Maybe you’re just that special. Last year Google sent them out sometime in December? Either way, nice gift. I hope YPN rewards their publishers.
about 5 years ago
dont you know better than to open your xmas presents early?
about 5 years ago
pictures of me and your sister are on the way…all you had to do was ask
Google gave me a bean bag chair and a lava lamp last year…(fingers crossed for the DigiFrame!)
about 5 years ago
Anyone figure out what kind of crazy JPG format this device uses? Nothing I export from photoshop seems to do the trick, and the manual conversion program is too much hassle to do 1 by 1.
about 5 years ago
Thats cool.. Merry Xmas
about 5 years ago
wow congrats
Looks cool one
BTW i see the batteries are names PRcell which means the cells which boost your PR :p
Amit
about 5 years ago
Great gift.
congrats.
Lets see if international publishers also get it.
about 5 years ago
wow, thats really cool.
Congrats.
;)
They are sending me Core2Duo laptop.
about 5 years ago
Many-Many Congratulation
Raj
about 5 years ago
whooa..
I pray to google that they send me one.
about 5 years ago
Is this from Google Adwords OR Google Adsense??
about 5 years ago
Wow – u lucky dude.
Wnder when am getting mine – 2025??
Cheers!
about 5 years ago
Congrats man, i’m sure its taken a lot of hard work to get to the point where Google knows your business well enough to send you a x-mas present. Thats awesome!
about 5 years ago
Nice to receive holiday Google gear and cheer!
about 5 years ago
Excellent! I am sure you will be requesting pictures and movie of my Champion Hanoverian filly (no not like cheesesteak).
about 5 years ago
That is awesome…how do we get one of those?
about 5 years ago
neat, looks real cool! isn’t it a bit early?
about 5 years ago
Very nice!
about 5 years ago
Pretty cool. I hope to get one of these google presents one day.
about 5 years ago
Does i need to generate $10k revenue from adsense to get those gift..?
about 5 years ago
well better than all the socks i get each christmas
about 5 years ago
They look great, i want one
about 5 years ago
Wow, that’s really fantastic. I hope I could be at your level soon and get such nice gifts from Google too.
about 5 years ago
wow awesome Shawn
about 5 years ago
Great gift, what will you send them, LOL
about 5 years ago
Make sure to load up your pirated copy of Meet The Fockers.
about 5 years ago
darn it, I just switched companies. Guess I won’t be getting my Google gift(s) like I did last year…
about 5 years ago
As for Google, they are welcome to double my yearly earnings instead of sending to me yet another digital device.
about 5 years ago
I got one too. Like Jeff said, anyone figure out the funky JPG format? I have tried everything, even their 1 by 1 tool and can’t get a picture to show up. All it says is file error. I delete the 4 photos that it came with immediately, maybe I shouldn’t have.
about 5 years ago
Have you tried non-progressive JPEG format?
about 5 years ago
Does it even work???
Wow, glad to know I’m not the only one having trouble putting pictures on there. I too keep getting the “File Error” message. I somehow managed to get ONE picture on there and here are the details for it:
Name: pic5.jpg
Size: 49Kb
Dimensions: 481×640
If anyone else figures out how to make this work, PLEASE let me know!
about 5 years ago
Wow I hope I get one lol, I’ve spent over $40,000 in ads this year… argrg!!
about 5 years ago
how do I ask for a x-mass gift from Google
who do I e-mail
rex from
KOSOVO
about 5 years ago
This is the first I’ve heard of this thing. When I first read the headline about a Google Digital Picture Frame, I thought someone was featuring my design! I built a DPF from a laptop that runs a Google screensaver. Unlike the one Google’s giving away, though, mine is really easy to use and it always works (and it’s big!). If you care to see how I made it, check it out at http://www.ferhoodle.com
about 5 years ago
How do I get one?
about 5 years ago
Thanks for the photos. Got mine today and I will put with last years unopened and untouched to be sold on Ebay in 10 years for enough money to replace all the $$ Google has gotten from me
about 5 years ago
About 30% of the images I’ve loaded on to it have worked. I spent an hour or two fussing with it, I’d like to figure it out but I just don’t have the time.
about 5 years ago
In order for the pics to show you need to put the actual picture file into the file that says “photos” then they will all show up.
Its really cool!
about 5 years ago
How did u get that? What did you did for Google? I want on too…..
Regards from Brazil.
about 5 years ago
“I want on too”, I want one too…
about 5 years ago
I can’t get images out of Photoshop or Picasa to work either. I can only transfer the original photo from my digital camera. Lame! I found a software product called TVwriter which got it to work… but its not free and is over US$50! Anyone…?
about 5 years ago
Wow, I envy you!
- MENJ
about 5 years ago
We just got one here in Sydney yippeee
about 5 years ago
wow ! good gesture of a web titan !
about 5 years ago
Folks,
I just received in the mail what I believe to be a Google digital photo frame, but I’m not an AdSense advertiser, and I have no reason to believe that they would have a valid reason to be sending this device to me. I believe that this probably was intended for someone else and somehow mistakenly delivered to me, and I’d like to try to find out what the contact address is for the folks at Google who sent them.
Do you have any information that might help me track down the appropriate people at Google that I can talk to about this?
about 5 years ago
Hi all,
I just received my Google Christmas present too. Better than a slap in the face I suppose! Strangely though, I’ve only earned a grand total of $8 on AdSense this year! Although I do spend an absolute fortune on Adwords – so maybe that’s why I got one!
Neil, UK.
about 5 years ago
Finally, I got mine too… thought they’d forgotten me all the way down (or is that up!!) here in Australia – at least they made it before Christmas
does that mean I have to send them back a pressie now?!… what do you buy the multi bazillion dollar company?…
about 5 years ago
Nice presents, have a nice chirstmas.
greets from germany
ho ho ho
about 5 years ago
Last years gifts: the usb pen drive wouldnt work, either on my Mac or PC. The usb lamp flickered and was no use.
This year the digital photo frame complete with instructions in Pidgin English locks up my mac, fatally. Any pictures images movies or mp3 files transferred from the PC are not recognised, and of course the instructions are wholly lacking. The spec says the screen is 960 x 240 !! thats obviously not the case, unless these are new Chinese pixels which are 3 times taller than they are wide!!
This will go in the cupboard with last years sad gift.
Such a shame, I bet the FEDEX to my address for the parcel cost more than this POS.
My 2 cents. (split with Google, unequally, by a ratio I am not allowed to know).
about 5 years ago
OK:
for PHOTOS:
320 x 240 pixel JPG (NOT progressive)
upload to device, eject from computer, restart digital photo frame and you SHOULD see your pictures begin to play,
I called mine pic01.jpg pic02.jpg etc,
Still seems very buggy, once ejected from mac desktop it will not remount unless the mac is restarted.
Next? lets try get an MP3 to play……
about 5 years ago
haha we just got one also.. i didnt turn on yet.. but its cool better then nothing xD
about 5 years ago
I received my Google picture frame last week — when I had trouble with the images breaking in the frame, I plugged the frame into my wall jack for power, and then I plugged the USB port into my laptop.
Lo and behold, my laptop immediately blew up. I believe a power surge came in through the USB port via the frame being plugged into the wall. My box is in repair now, but I will let you know if the frame was really the culprit.
Just wanted to send out a heads-up.
about 5 years ago
The device will die after one day of BATTERY use. Battery is for short term use only.
For normal use, the device comes with two “normal usage†power supplies:
USB Cable to be plugged in DIRECTLY to your Computer. Plugging in to USB Hubs, that are not “Self Poweredâ€, will not work in some cases.
AC Adaptor is also provided for normal use.
As far as Loading images, it’s very easy:
For PC Users:
· Turn the unit on
· Plug the unit in to the USB Port on your Computer using the cable provided
· Go to “My Computer†under your Start Menu on your Computer Desk Top
· Go to appropriate “Removable Disk Icon†and double click to open
· Open “Photo Fileâ€
· Drag your .jpg files to this folder
· Turn unit off
· unplug from your PC
· After you turn the unit back on, your image should now be viewable
For Mac Users:
· Turn the unit on
· Plug the unit in to the USB Port on your Computer using the cable provided
· Double Click on the “Drive Icon†on your Desk Top
· Go to “Photo File: and Double Click to open
· Drag your .jpg files to this folder
· Turn unit off
· unplug from your Mac
· After you turn the unit back on, your image should now be viewable
“File Errors†occur when the device is unplugged from your Computer without turning the unit off first.
When using the SD Card:
PC Users:
· make sure the unit is turned off
· plug in the SD card to the top of the unit
· turn on the unit
· Your SD card is now being formatted automatically. Your SD is now formatted with 4 new file folders:
a) MP3 File (for Music)
b) MP4 File (for video)
c) Photo File (for images)
d) Rec File (for recordings)
· Take the USB cable provided and plug one end in to the device and the other end in to your computer
· Go to “my computer” under your Start Menu on your computer desk top
· Go to appropriate “removable disk icon” and double click to open (Make sure that it’s the correct Removable Disk Icon, there will also be one for the Internal memory as well)
· Click and drag your image files to the “photo file”; your music files to the “mp3 file” etc…
· Turn the unit off
· unplug from your pc
· after you turn the unit back on, your images will now be viewable
For Mac Users:
· make sure the unit is turned off
· plug in the SD card to the top of the unit
· turn on the unit
· Your SD card is now being formatted automatically. Your SD is now formatted with 4 new file folders:
a) MP3 File (for Music)
b) MP4 File (for video)
c) Photo File (for images)
d) Rec File (for recordings)
· Take the USB cable provided and plug one end in to the device and the other end in to your computer
· In a moment, 2 drive icons will appear on your desk top
· Go to appropriate disk icon and double click to open (Make sure that it’s the correct Disk Icon, there will also be one for the Internal memory as well)
· Click and drag your image files to the “photo file”; your music files to the “mp3 file” etc…
· Turn the unit off
· unplug from your computer
· after you turn the unit back on, your images will now be viewable
about 5 years ago
wow !!!
very nice card, great gift…
Crown
about 5 years ago
Got one as well, and I’m an international publisher ! Sweet!
about 5 years ago
Got min (As an adveriser in the UK)
Anyone figured out how to get rid of the yellow battery icon?
about 5 years ago
anybody know how much you need to spend to get one of these from google? its one of those presents that are cool to get but wouldnt buy.
about 5 years ago
Hello Shawn. I´m from Brazil and I received this digital photo frame too in the christmas´s party from the company where i worked for. But I had I little problem: It doesn´s recognize any type of picture I tried to include. It´s just move the file to the PHOTO folder, right? Well, it doesn´t work. If you could help me I´ll thank you. I let my e-mail, if want to reply
See ya
about 5 years ago
I heard from the repair shop — looks like the picture frame fried my Mother board. My brother, who is more familiar with the way computers are built says that the frame is probably missing some diodes that keep the power from the wall outlet from frying the mother board.
This cost me $600, so I am warning everyone I can — DO NOT plug the frame into the wall and into your USB port at the same time.
about 5 years ago
Wondeing how to get this gift?
any one from malaysia got this gift??
about 5 years ago
December 21, 2006
Hello Dear Shawn!
I´m from Delhi (India) and wish to thanks from the bottem of my heart for Google Christmas Present.
I and my family wish you all Google family a very happy Christmas and New Year!
Further, I love people from all over the world as long as we are not hearting ony one but love as Jesus Loves the world to-day and ever.
Love to all Google Staff!
Johnson
about 5 years ago
hey that is really good how did u get that can u tell me pls
about 5 years ago
Hmmmm….wonder when mine will arrive? Happy holidays, you cool dude you!
about 5 years ago
sup ya’ll, I got problems with my google frame: It won’t display any picture, I got file error right after the start up sound. At first it was displaying some of my pics (very few) but many file errors already. Now it won’t work anymore
I’m trying with and without SD card, I’ve even formated the internal memory, won’t help.
I’m uploading pics as sarah said above but it’s not working (it even shows file error when during the upload).
Can someone help me pleeease?
about 5 years ago
OK, this is the fourth “gift” from google that is complete junk! All you people asking to buy one, don’t even think about it! Google must shop for the absolute cheapest overseas manufacturer -like sweatshop extreme!
First, Google sent a mood-light/radio. that seemed to work ok. Then we got the laptop accessory pack wich was ok, only the USB storage drive didn’t work at all like Ed says above. Then they sent a little refrigerator and that actually got warm instead of cold. Now this picture frame which gets worse the more you try to use it…
Look, I’m not trying to be ungrateful. I think it is nice that they give gifts to their customers, but they should consider more than just a low price in their purchases. I’d rather get a $5 credit on my account than a $5 made in sweatshopville, China piece of junk that will ultimately end up in a landfill along with 1000′s of others.
For you who like the digital picture frame, you can buy one much better than the Google promo piece and you’ll be a lot happier.
about 5 years ago
Hi, Its a cool way of greeting and whenever you memorize your memories in this gift, of course implicitly it will memorize the Name of Google.
about 5 years ago
Wow! I’d like receive one too, I participing in Googe Adsense too! N I’m from Brazil…but I don’t have to many wins in my site, don’t u like to go there n help me, dude?
hehehe, thanks! And Merry Christimas (it’s better late than never) and nice year!
about 5 years ago
Hey! Anyone can tell me how these people are getting gifts?
tamo_br@hotmail.com
about 5 years ago
mine doesn’t work either
Ed
about 4 years ago
Please can you tell me how I can donate to you with my PayPal?
about 4 years ago
try to resize the images with the Microsoft Paint on Windows XP.. it works!
bye
about 4 years ago
I want to know too how to get gifts from Google.
about 4 years ago
very gute gift! can you tel me please what income you need to have monthly from google to recive a gift ? thank you!
about 4 years ago
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
about 4 years ago
hi. google will give you this present only if you reached $100?
or how google give you this present?why?
about 4 years ago
christmas is comming and the geese are getting fat please put a$1 inthe old mans hat
about 4 years ago
Hey google its long since I received a christmas gift.Why don’t you surprise me this year.Please send me a gift.
Thanks
about 4 years ago
how did you get that
about 4 years ago
i really like that….how did you get that?????
about 4 years ago
google where is my chrismas gift
about 4 years ago
Congrats
about 3 years ago
Wow!!
Google sent me through a big 12″ round vibrating dildo.
about 3 years ago
the google gifts are a loadof shitte a fucking photo frame that costs a about 50p in the paki shop a fridge thats warm how sad can u get i would rather them send u money more send u a nice looking girl 2 your house for the day and you could do what ever u wanted 2 her lol google can bite me ass
about 3 years ago
how can i receive it?
about 3 years ago
Wow, when you send to me.
about 3 years ago
you really dont have pals a meen getting sumthing from google for christmas sad like
about 3 years ago
looks nice
i never recived something from google
about 3 years ago
hi i wat up too
about 2 years ago
how do you get a google present
about 2 years ago
what do u think? there were a gift this year?lolz
about 2 years ago
now google left sending gifts to adsense publishers.
about 1 year ago
fuk u
about 1 year ago
I know this is old, but does anyone know what the 2010 Google Chrismas present might be? I’m hoping it is going to be the Android Tablet, but who knows.
about 9 months ago
No idea what 2010 was, we once got a cute little fridge with their logo on it, but that was years ago and nothing since these days.